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7 Questions I Had After Boss Baby 2 Because I Didn't Watch Boss Baby 1
Tom McGrath, director of the Boss Baby movies, is a very friendly, soft-spoken guy who likes cheap horror movies and told me his dream was to “bring families together” now that the pandemic is over. And I lied straight to his face...
Dad & Daughter Cooking Show Champions Representation For Down Syndrome
Dan Storey is a dad and self-taught amateur chef known in his hometown for his chili. His wife, Kim, says that he “creates masterpieces out of thin air." But the real star of the Storeys' kitchen isn’t Dan. It’s his 13-year-old daughter, Kitty...
How Fortnite Turned Me Into My Dad
We’re in a dilapidated bus, suspended by hot air balloon, high above an island. To our left, I can make out a pirate ship, while on the right, a giant meteor is seconds away from a cataclysmic impact...but frozen in time. Talking to me is a dad I’ve been randomly paired with for a round of Duos. This means we’ll have to work together to outwit, outmaneuver, and outpace the other 50 or so players in the game to survive.
"Do you have a mic?" he asks. I do not.
Spacheships Should Look Stupid
Yesterday Jeff Bezos launched himself into space in a flying penis to create sort-of history, becoming the second billionaire to accomplish something that the United States, Russia, and China have been doing semi-regularly for decades.
Now, I’m not gonna knock the recently divorced man who wore a cowboy hat at a press conference. Because, for the record, I’m not anti-private sector space travel. I am pro-all space travel. Yes, I’d prefer an optimistic Star Trek future over a cold corporate nightmare where outer space is mined for bioweapons and space oil. But still, I think it’s great when we go up, EVEN IF it’s driven by the ego of men whose actual organic dicks are, I’m increasingly sure, small or weird...